Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [verb] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having explained once more she added , ‘ I 'd intended to tell you all together this afternoon . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ E said I 'd got to give it another go . |
| 3 | Now she was lost , every cell , every fibre of her body alive with the memory of his possession , aching to re-experience what only a few hours , a few minutes ago she 'd sworn to deny them both . |
| 4 | ‘ I did promise to give you that chance , ’ he admitted . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm sorry I was out when you phoned — Edward did remember to tell me this time . ’ |
| 6 | Robbie would have been happy to listen quietly , for the snippets she did overhear told her more about Fenton Marshall . |
| 7 | It was an absolute brute but eventually I did manage to dig it all out . |
| 8 | So I mean , John was right , she did come to see me that time . |
| 9 | " The next one can be yours , if this one is n't right , but we did agree to do it this way ; it was just luck it 's my answer first . |
| 10 | If the kidnappers had intended to kill them both , the cellar would have been the place . |
| 11 | She had a pretty shrewd idea that Desmond had only the haziest notion of how much could be expected from the various books , and she had intended to keep it that way . |
| 12 | It takes her mind off other things , " he said savagely , remembering the note the Madam had received offering her some of the stolen Irish Crown Jewels . |
| 13 | But no , the kids had stopped laughing they all say she 's trying to tell me off ! ! |
| 14 | She had expected to find them both still in bed , and was surprised by the noises from the kitchen , but she poked her head round the door and saw Maggie sitting at the kitchen table eating Weetabix in a reassuringly healthy way . |
| 15 | Cara realized she had enjoyed telling him that . |
| 16 | The lines of his short-cropped ruthless hair were disturbed , as though he had forgotten to comb it that morning or else , having combed , had continually run his fingers through it since then . |
| 17 | When the excitement had died down I thought about my family , of all their help and sacrifices over the years and of the hardships they had undergone to bring us all up . |
| 18 | But to say as much to this sentimental woman's-magazine lady would be asking for trouble , undoing all the efforts he had made to assure them all of his true warm humanity — emotional lot ! |
| 19 | Egan had promised to do him this service . |
| 20 | Near Fontanellato they had a cousin who owned a caseificio and had promised to give them some butter and cheese . |
| 21 | She certainly did n't want to cut short this visit to the pet shop , where Mr Miller had promised to tell her more about his stock of animals . |
| 22 | Leo had promised to ring me that evening in case there had been any news from the hospital ; and I told him my own news . |
| 23 | Maybe Angy had offered to show her some more of her work , or lend her a book or something . ’ |
| 24 | If he had thought to subdue her that way , he was disappointed . |
| 25 | After I had got to know them both , I showed Carole a video of our first meeting and went through what had happened with her . |
| 26 | And then I had to clear clear it all up . |
| 27 | Later , when she was in her early teens and beginning to look more like her mother , he had appeared to love her less . |
| 28 | He might have been able to help him , but even if Ken had wanted to do it all without any assistance from his younger brother , he might at least have told him what he was doing . |
| 29 | Once more she saw the attractive man she had noticed in the High Street , and her colour rose as she recalled how she had hoped to meet him some day . |
| 30 | ‘ I had hoped to make it this week , but it is still a bit sore and , with the British Open in mind , I felt another few days rest would be a safer precaution . ’ |